In-Flight Movie
- Synopsis
- Looks at how and why birds fly. Using remarkable new film techniques the audience is given a ‘bird’s eye’ view of the world. Shows a goose’s perpective of flying among clouds and what a fast-flying teal at a height of 200 feet sees. A peregrine’s eye-view of hunting, a buzzard’s search for rising air, and a starling’s trip as it skims along a hedgerow are included. Many of the filming techniques were specially devised for the programme. In order to obtain a bird’s eye view of a flight over Istanbul, a model aircraft with the same wing design and markings was constructed and a specially built lightweight camera was then placed in the nose. The storks accepted it as another bird and the result was the first shots taken from the middle of a flock.
- Series
- Wildlife on One, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
- Year of production
- 1987
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
- Uses
- Students of geography and geology.*
- Subjects
- Biology; Technology
- Keywords
- birds; flight; Istanbul
Credits
- Producer
- John Downer
- Writer
- John Downer
- Contributor
- Alan Hayward; Owen Newman
- Cast
David Attenborough
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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